Musings

The majority of the posts here at Troutrageous! are just random musings that come from inside my head. Like an unorganized fly box, they’re hard to sort through. They’re also rarely ever of any substance, but since they’re here and you’re here, I figure you should meet.

Enjoy, or not, but either way, consume at your own risk…


Is it May Yet?

First off, if you have power to read this, I appreciate it. I understand that Winter Storm Fern is probably…

Knowing When to Call It

By all appearances, it was a beautiful day. The morning clouds had burned off to expose a bright, blue sky.…

Happy New Year 2026!

Happy New Year to all my fishy friends & family! 🤘 If you’re reading this on New Year’s Day, I’m…

Yippee Ki-Yay Motherf*cker

Man, this December’s been a grind. I look up and it’s already the 20th! What the heck?!? Work has just…

Happy Thanksgiving 2025

Wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving! It’s an honor to have you stop by this corner of the internet. I hope…

An Amazing Fly Fishing Mail Week

Well, “amazing” might be an overstatement, but it was fun getting some packages at the door again… Remember when I…

I Got One More In Me

It’s a fairly famous meme, but it’s also how I feel right about now… Typically, my trout fishing season shuts…

Almost Bought a Dog

My wife & daughter like to go to thrift and antique stores. I typically do not. Actually, antique stores are…

A New Computer & Purple Rain

I bought a new desktop computer recently. My old one was so old and slow, I couldn’t do much on…

R.I.P. Atlanta Fly Fishing Show

Fingers Crossed for a Resurrection 🤞 It appears the annual Atlanta stop of The Fly Fishing Show has been unceremoniously…

A Receipt Lost In Time

As I step aside from the 2025 Driftless recaps for a moment, I wanted to reflect upon this artifact I…

In Preparation

While I don’t love fly tying, tenkara kebari are some of the easier types of flies to crank out a…

Far From Fishy

After I went fishing in Georgia two weekends ago, I haven’t been very fishy since. Another week of work travel…

Bring Back Trout Stamps

I wasn’t much of an angler growing up, but when a few of my friends from school and I became…

Buggin’ Out!

I’m not a bug guy… Of the many things one can learn when taking up fly fishing, I soaked up…

T! Mixtapes – March 2025

I have questionable taste in music. Yes, I likely lured you into clicking on this post with a photo of…

The Bomb Shelter

K.C. & I Visited Lilly in Ohio over the weekend. It was a quick trip to celebrate her birthday, as…

February Odds & Ends

I’ve been doing a really poor job of keeping up the Troutrageous! blog so far this February. Not because nothing’s…

Go Birds!

Super Bowl LIX Champions!!! I know most of the country wasn’t too excited about the Super Bowl this year, but…

Bistec Encebollado

Whenever I go on a fishing trip, I find nothing quite fills my belly at the end of the day…

New Year’s Eve Waiting…

I begin writing this ramble of a post around 6 PM on New Year’s Eve. It’s that no man’s land…

The Feast of the Seven Fishes

As you probably figured out by all the vowels in my last name, I’m Italian by heritage. Or at least…

“Festivus is Back!”

As if it ever went anywhere… December 23rd marks the most anticipated holiday of year. Everyone gather around the unadorned…

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